I've updated my blog for the first time a while.  I really need to give it a bit of a re-start.

This is the first post for a while about cotton sateen home decor weight fabric.   

http://gonetoearth.typepad.com/gonetoearth/2012/07/pretty-home-decor-weight-cotton-sateen.html

There's a link off of this post to a Forties style chevron quilt.  It is uses half square triangles throughout so it's not scary difficult but pretty effective.

http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2012/04/stuff.html

I've got a Pinterest account - whoopee!!

But  What exactly am I supposed to do with it?  How is it supposed to work as a social network site.

I know that there are issues around photo's (who owns then) etc.. if someone 'pins' something from your site/blog/facebook etc then somehow it becomes Pinterests - even if you didn't give permission for that to happen. (That's my understanding of it anyway.)

That isn't such an issue for me but I guess for some folk that might be a big problem.  My typepad blog has just provided a piece of code so that you can prevent folk pinning you photo's without asking, so there may be some fixes for other blogs too.

I can see that Pinterest does generate traffic to my blog and shop, which is kind of good for the ego but I'm really not all that clued up as to how to get the 'best ' out of it or even what the 'best might be.

Any ideas or pointers, anyone?

This is a great way to use up any small squares of practice quilting you might have laying around.  It's from Leah Day.

http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2011/04/quilted-pincushion-tutorial.htmlhttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-

This is another appealing tutorial from Moda Bake Shop.

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/04/strippy-charm-pouch.html

Make your pet a special place to sleep....

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/01/poochie-pillow.html

It's a very pretty patchwork affair.

I've updated my blog
http://gonetoearth.typepad.com/gonetoearth/2010/12/christmas-making.html

Hope you're all staying safe and warm inside.